Part 4: Rescuers Not Required

A scream rang out, echoing slightly in the warehouse-style store. It came from the direction of the electronics aisle…

Part 3: Dick for Brains

Gun Ho Kim walked up to the Zippie Mart with a spring in his step. He had worked here until a few months ago and hadn’t been able to find another job since. But to be fair, he hadn’t really looked for one either.

Part 2: Flashpoint

The parking lot had quite a few people shambling around. More than usual. Gonna be a busy day, I guess. He thought. Although he wasn’t sure why it would be so busy. Was today a holiday? Should he be getting time-and-a-half?

Part 1: It Rises

As he clawed himself upright, a single thought dominated his mind. Coalescing into one word. He had to have it. He could never be alive without it…

“Nukes! That’s the only answer.” Croaked a withered man in a wheelchair sitting opposite the President of the United States…

“You have been chosen, young one.” The mentor said, eyebrows drawn down somberly.

“I’m the chosen one? Wow!” The child’s eyes lit up.

It was Fen’s condition that landed him this “assignment” at the Mars Extra-Human Terraforming Colony No. 214. They used a lot of words when naming this facility, but somehow they left out the operative one: Penal.